30.8.05

touch (silence is golden)

24 av 5765R' shlomo carlebach teaches (in a torah about purim) that the things that are the most pure and true remain unspoken. similarly R' akiva tatz explains that in judaism we must contemplate ideas a long time before we speak them. in essence (to my eyes) judaism is about reaching the depths of reality. when we touch these places, we need to draw out the truth slowly.. like someone on first waking squints to moderate the bright morning sunlight.